Ann, I have had enough physics courses to keep up with the cosmology and stellar evolution, but I've been immersed in it for so long that it's become dry as dust. I agree with you. It's too far removed from the average amateur astronomer's life to accomodate a steady diet of it. I'm more of a hands-on ATM & casual observer than armchair theoretical physicist. Psychology light on science? What was emphasized then, phrenology? Voodoo? (just kidding!) We also had a binocular-astronomy star party that grew out of the bino-astronomy club presentation. We called it "Binopalooza" and it was a blast, held out at the Lakeside site. We've since talked about "Binopalooza II" but haven't pulled it together. Perhaps you are right and it's time for another. I'm interested provided my work schedule doesn't interfere. On 8/22/07, Ann Blanchard <a.blanchard@ugs.utah.edu> wrote:
Some of us just don't have the background to follow some of the technical lectures on, say, gamma ray bursts. It's not that I'm not willing to try, I just would rather not have a steady diet of lectures of that type. My degree was in Psychology, alas, rather light on the science area.
Certainly enough time has gone by, Chuck, that you might consider doing a reprise of one the talks you did in the past.